Sep 4, 2025 | Auto Industry, Robots, Training, Work
General Motors Co. worker Annie Ignaczak spent years walking in circles on concrete factory floors, assembling the same parts and counting down hundreds of pieces she and her coworkers needed to finish before lunch. “You’re doing the same movement...
Sep 4, 2025 | Accessibility, Robots
If Pixar’s Wall-E and Eve had a kid, it might look a lot like Smokey and Turbo — two white, tread-wheeled service robots with big blue eyes that can light up into smiles or even heart shapes. Aim a camera at them, and they cock their heads as if they’re posing. The...
Sep 4, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, First Responders
The California state fire agency is partnering with rotorcraft manufacturer Sikorsky to explore how autonomous vertical-lift solutions can improve wildfire response. Under a five-year initiative announced on 3 September, Sikorsky and CalFire plan to test the...
Sep 4, 2025 | Batteries, Jobs, Michigan
In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter filed with the state, Natron Energy, Inc. said it is closing both its manufacturing plant at 70 W. 48th St. near I-196 in Holland and its facility in California. A total of 95 employees, including 37 in...
Sep 4, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer Joby Aviation has now logged thousands of autonomous flight miles as it seeks to field a self-flying aircraft. The company on Wednesday revealed it participated in the Defense Department’s Resolute...
Sep 4, 2025 | Auto Industry, Featured, Japan, Jobs, Michigan
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has announced a $95 million investment from automotive supplier Astemo Ltd. to establish a new regional headquarters in Wixom, Michigan. The company will construct a new facility to accommodate the physical space needed to showcase its...
Sep 4, 2025 | Electric Vehicles, Europe, Featured
Toyota announced plans to build the new EV at its plant in the Czech Republic on Wednesday. It will be the first electric vehicle produced at one of Toyota’s European plants, marking the start of a new era. To accommodate the new model, Toyota is investing about €680...
Sep 4, 2025 | 6G, Featured
In a new study published in Nature, researchers from the United States and China showed a brand-new, 6G chip that has demonstrated how the upcoming sixth-generation of wireless networks will operate across an expansive frequency range to...
Sep 3, 2025 | Auto Industry, Europe, Featured, Tariffs
Germany’s once unshakable automotive industry is starting to show visible cracks, with new figures highlighting just how much pressure the sector is under. In the past year alone, the workforce has shrunk by 7 percent, while profits slide and overcapacity weighs...
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